Reeves pledges £15.6bn for regional transportBillions of pounds are being pumped into local transport across the North, Midlands and West Country in a massive infrastructure push from the Labour government.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will unveil a £15.6bn five-year package today to fund tram, train and bus upgrades across eight metro mayor regions.
The move sees Reeves break with Treasury…
Plans unveiled for 1million sq ft commercial schemeRegeneration specialist Hargreaves Land has launched plans for a 1 million sq ft new commercial scheme in North Lincolnshire.
Forge Point will be a 77-acre employment park near to junction 3 of the M180 in Scunthorpe.
Hargreaves Land is offering design & build opportunities as well as individual plot sales and has appointed property consultants…
Kier ditches diesel for hydrogen in green major site power trialKier and the Environment Agency are hailing early success from a groundbreaking trial to ditch diesel in favour of solar power and green hydrogen on site.
The 12-month test at the £250m Bridgwater Tidal Barrier scheme in Somerset is assessing whether off-grid sites can run their welfare and office facilities on a combination of…
Bouygues seals £119m deal for twin college builds in WalesBouygues has chalked up a £119m deal to build two major education facilities for Cardiff and Vale College under Wales’ Mutual Investment Model.
Work starts this month on the Barry Waterfront Campus and a new Advanced Technology Centre at Cardiff Airport, both due to complete by mid-2027.
Designed by Sheppard Robson, the Barry site w…
MPs back Sellafield delivery shake-up but costs spiralling to £136bnThe new long-term contracting strategy at Sellafield is starting to deliver better results, according to watchdog MPs.
But a Public Accounts Committee report on the clean-up warns that the UK’s most hazardous nuclear site remains dangerously behind schedule, with the total clean-up bill now heading for a staggering…
Fraudster ordered to pay back £80k to contractorsA former office worker jailed for defrauding two construction companies has been ordered to pay back more than £80,000 under Proceeds of Crime laws.
Stephanni Houston, 41, of Ayr, was sentenced to 38 months in prison in November 2023 for embezzling over £516,000 from two construction companies over four years.
Kilmarnock Sheriff Court made a…
Kier upgrades margin target as order book holds firmKier has upgraded its operating margin target after a strong performance in the first 10 months of the financial year.
The contractor is now aiming to deliver margins of 4%–4.5% within three to five years, up from the previously stated 3.5%.
Kier said tighter bidding discipline had built a stronger quality order book, which combined with t…
Willmott Dixon bags hat-trick of leisure centre energy retrofitsWillmott Dixon has bagged a £15.8m job to decarbonise three leisure centres for North Herts Council.
The revamp covers centres in Hitchin, Royston and Letchworth, and is one of the region’s biggest carbon-cutting leisure projects.
This latest deal follows on from a similar retrofit package of work in Oxford, where a four-centr…
Drylining giant takes bold step on accepting design riskDrylining giant Siniat has become the first UK manufacturer to formally accept design responsibility for its system information and standard details in a move hailed as a gamechanger for construction risk and compliance.
The decision is expected to have major implications for passive fire protection – often making up 5–15% of a…
Section 106 agreements now taking an average of 16 monthsA 20% rise in the time taken to negotiate Section 106 agreements means house builders are waiting an average of 515 days to sign deals with local authorities.
New analysis by the Home Builders Federation (HBF) highlights serious delays in the infrastructure agreement process, with 76% of local authorities reporting average negotiation…